On another occasion, the coach put a pillow over his face and performed oral sex on him, he said.

No one else was at the house on both occasions.

(The accused) struck me as not being forthright, and even as being evasive at times.District Judge Mathew Joseph

The boy stopped going to the man's home later that year.

He finally told his mother in 2015 as he was afraid of contracting HIV.

DPP Wong told the court he had asked her to take him for a medical check-up and later told her why.

"This was the only time that she recalled the victim crying to her and he looked worried and anxious," said the DPP.

The boy made a police report on Feb 26, 2015, before taking a blood test.

The results were normal.

The man is represented by lawyers R.S. Bajwa and Kertar Singh, who said the boy did not see his coach performing oral sex on him.

The defence also said there was no evidence that their client had sodomised the teenager.

Judge Joseph said that "great lengths" were taken to observe the victim's demeanour while he gave evidence, and noted he was a reticent person who was "just being a teenager in giving his evidence, perhaps in not so eloquent fashion".

"(The accused) struck me as not being forthright, and even as being evasive at times."

In his testimony, the man claimed that he had no contact with the boy after August 2013. - SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB, ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY NICOLE CHIA